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**The CyNick** · 01-01-2004, 11:02 PM

I haven't heard what the plans are in terms of who is going to win the World Title match. On the one hand I would say its a foregone conclusion that HHH will retain and carry the belt into Mania. However, I know HHH is taking time off again in the spring to make the next WWE movie losing project, so perhaps they're looking at HBK to carry the title into Mania.

There are a ton of possibilities they could go with by having HBK walk in as champion. Jericho-HBK would be great, Angle-HBK would be cool (and this I could see because if anyone watched SD it looks like Kurt is turning heel, plus it would make sense to have both title matches be RAW vs SD matches instead of just one), or even HBK-Flair for the title might be interesting. At the same time they could throw HHH into the tag match with Orton agianst Rock and Foley.

Of course with all that said I have a hard time believing that HHH will be willing to go into Mania not being the champ (or winning it), however if he figures the Rock-Sock tag match will get more promotion (which it probably will, and by probably I mean definately) he might go ahead and drop the title.

As for the Rumble match, its also a tough call at this point. They still keep saying Goldberg-Lesnar is the planned WWE title match, so that would mean Goldberg has a good chance of winning. However, I can also see Angle winning given his promo on SD, and then doing a quick heel turn right after. Like I said before I could see this leading to Angle going after the World Title instead of the WWE title. Benoit might win, but I think they plan on pushing him after Mania. I could kinda see them going with the plan from last year where Brock wins (or in this case retains) the WWE title at Mania, and then Benoit wins it probably in May at the first SD only PPV after Mania.

Obviously Lesnar will retain over Holly. This match should be funny from a crowd standpoint because I have a feeling it will either have no heat whatsoever, or the fans will totally turn on Holly. Philly is a tough crowd, and I have a feeling they will choose Lesnar over the fraud that is Bob Holly.

01-01-2004, 11:02 PM	#27
The CyNick Make the IWC Great Again Posts: 8,922	I haven't heard what the plans are in terms of who is going to win the World Title match. On the one hand I would say its a foregone conclusion that HHH will retain and carry the belt into Mania. However, I know HHH is taking time off again in the spring to make the next WWE movie losing project, so perhaps they're looking at HBK to carry the title into Mania. There are a ton of possibilities they could go with by having HBK walk in as champion. Jericho-HBK would be great, Angle-HBK would be cool (and this I could see because if anyone watched SD it looks like Kurt is turning heel, plus it would make sense to have both title matches be RAW vs SD matches instead of just one), or even HBK-Flair for the title might be interesting. At the same time they could throw HHH into the tag match with Orton agianst Rock and Foley. Of course with all that said I have a hard time believing that HHH will be willing to go into Mania not being the champ (or winning it), however if he figures the Rock-Sock tag match will get more promotion (which it probably will, and by probably I mean definately) he might go ahead and drop the title. As for the Rumble match, its also a tough call at this point. They still keep saying Goldberg-Lesnar is the planned WWE title match, so that would mean Goldberg has a good chance of winning. However, I can also see Angle winning given his promo on SD, and then doing a quick heel turn right after. Like I said before I could see this leading to Angle going after the World Title instead of the WWE title. Benoit might win, but I think they plan on pushing him after Mania. I could kinda see them going with the plan from last year where Brock wins (or in this case retains) the WWE title at Mania, and then Benoit wins it probably in May at the first SD only PPV after Mania. Obviously Lesnar will retain over Holly. This match should be funny from a crowd standpoint because I have a feeling it will either have no heat whatsoever, or the fans will totally turn on Holly. Philly is a tough crowd, and I have a feeling they will choose Lesnar over the fraud that is Bob Holly.